Flight 188 - uppsagd

Data relating to Flight 188Nose fairing:The ogival nose fairing protects the payloads during the atmospheric flight phase (acousticprotection on lift-off and during transonic flight, aerothermodynamic flux).A long pattern fairing is used for this mission. It has a height of 17m and a diameter of 5.4m.The fairing structure includes two half-fairings comprising 10 panels. These sandwich panelshave an expanded aluminium honeycomb core and two carbon fibre/resin skins.The fairing is separated from the launcher by two pyrotechnic devices, one horizontal (HSS)and the other vertical (VSS). The vertical device imparts the impulse required for lateralseparation of the two half-fairingsThe fairing has been coated with a new FAP (Fairing Acoustic Protection) product since flight175-L534.Fairing during integrationLauncher L545 fairing (in the BAF)© ESA/CNES/ARIANESPACE/Service optique CSG8